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CA'RDING-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NQ. 587,267, dated July 2*?, 1897. Application ha .my 27,1800. sain No. 600,630. (No man.) i

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN T. MEATS and' JOSEPH S. EATON, 'of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, havev invented an Improvement in ,Oarding-Engines, of which the following' description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This improvement in carding-machines has for its object to provide mechanical means whereby the doffer, the feeding mechanism, and the coiler mechanism may be automatically stopped when the coiler-can is full or there is present onthe roller at the feeding mechanism a bunch or foreign substance which'in its-passage through the machine lwould be liable toinjure the wire covering used on thelicker-in or main cylinder. We have also so devised the parts of our machine that the feeding mechanism and doffer may 'be stopped quickly by hand or footor by the filling of vthe coiler-can, and the means for ro- Jrating the feed-roll may be instantly rendered inoperative.

Figure 1,- in side elevation, represents a sufficient portion of a carding-machine with our improvements added to enable our invention to be understood. Fig. 2 is a partial top or plan view, on a larger scale,with the main cylinder and the'frame. broken out. Fig. 3 is a right-hand end of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a detail, enlarged,` ofone of the supports for the rotating rod used to actuate the feed-roll. Fig. 5 shows the auxiliary lever g, pivoted on the lever b5.

In thedrawings, S represents the side frames of the carding-machine, it having suitable bearings to support the main cylinder A.- The doffer B,- the licker-in C, the feed-roll D, and

the lap-roll shaft D are and may be all as common in usual carding-machines.

The coiling-can will be substantially such as shown in United States Patent No. 461,171, dated October 13, 1891, and its top casing will contain and cover a tubegear r3, such as shown in said patent, it rising when the material laid by it in the can fills the latter'full to overflowing.

The doffer-shaft l) has fast on itat one end a toothed wheel b', the doffer deriving its movement from a pinion b2, which is clutched to the hub of a pulley b3, turningon a stud b4, carried by a lever b5, having its fulcrum on a stud-bolt b5, made adjustable vertically in a slot s2 of a boss s' on the side frame.

Y Any desired speed may be imparted to the vdoffer with relation to the licker-in and main cylinder by taking out the stud b4 and changing the pinion b2 for one of the desired size, the stud-bolt b being adjusted up or down to enable the pinion b2 and gear b to properly mesh.

In order to stop the rotation of the doffer in case of a lump or foreign substance getting between the under side of the feed-roll D and the usual plate or table on which the bat lies and travels, we have pivoted over the journals of the feed-roll levers d5, provided each with a heavy weight el, and said weights are joined by arms e5 to arms c7 of a rock-shaft c', said rock-shaft having a second arm e, through a hole or slot in which is extended one end of a rod e3, the opposite end of which isl connected to the upper end of an auxiliary lever g, pivoted to the leverb5 atg', the lever b5 working in a guide bx. The vupper end of the auxiliary lever has pivoted upon it at h3 a cam-handle h, provided with a short arm having its end shaped to leave a point 3, said short arm also carrying a projection h. The pin h2 of the handle his so located that when the said handle is in its f ull-line position, Fig. 2, the cam-point h'. of the said handle will rest on the apron or plate n and the lever b5 will bo held in position to keep the pinion b2 and gear b in mesh; but when the said handle is turned over to the left, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 2, the pinion and gear will be out of mesh.

The auxiliary lever g has at a short distance below its upper end (see Fig. 5) an oblong hole g5, considerably longer and somewhat wider than the diameter 'of the stud k3, on which is mounted to rotate an intermediate gear k2, the said lever being free to be ymoved up and down laterally on said stud. The gear k2 engages a gear hX, which is in turn engaged by the gear b', the said intermediate gear k2 also engaging a pinion a on a shaft a', it in IOO 4lump or foreign substance carries practice carrying one of the usual calenderrolls commonly used in connection with carding-machines.

The apron n is'provided with a pin or stop hwhich is so located as to form a stop against which the projection h may strike. This pin 712 is so located that when Vthe arm g is in its elevated position and the pinion b2 engages the gear ZJ the left-hand wall of the hole g5 bears against the stud 7a3, the handle 7L being then in its horizontal position, with the projection 7L against the pin h2, the Weight of the said lever and its parts keeping the said proj ection and pin in contact. lVhen the handle is in its full-line position, the part 8 of the short arm bears upon the apron n a little to the left of a perpendicular line drawn from the pivot h3 of said handle, and the Weight of the parts tends to keepthe handle down against the upper end of a rod Z2, to be described; but when said handle is turned over, as Will be described, far enough to the left to carry said part 3 to the right of said perpendicular line then the Weight of the lever g and its actuated parts will act and throw the said handle into the dotted-line position and the pinion b2 will be disengaged from the gear Z1. The handle h may be so turned over through the movement of the lever g to the left by or through the action of the rod e3 as when a under the feedroll to the left the lever CZ5, or said lever g may be moved to the left by pressure on the projection g", the said lever in its movement to the left causing the right-hand Wall of the hole or slot g5 to bear against the said stud 7e3, such movement of the said lever in either of these Ways carryin the projection 71,' to meet the pin or stop h2 and then turn the handle h to let the lever g drop and effect the disengagement of the pinion and gear referred to.

The rod Z2 referred to'rests at its lower end on a horizontal lever Z, the movement of which may also act to lift the handle 71, and turn it over into the dotted-line position. The opposite end of thelever Zsupports the lower end of a rod 0r6, which contacts with one end of a lever n4, pivoted at as on the top casing of the usual eoiler mechanism, the opposite end of said lever resting gearaB, through which the roving passes and by which the said roving is coiled in the usual can, and When the can is full the accumulated roving tips the said gear sufficiently to turn the lever n4 and causes the rod r6 to move the handle 7L and rod Z2 to lift and turn the handle 7L until the point is to the right of thc vertical center line referred to. So also said lever Z may be moved by the acting of the foot on a treadle m7, it pulling down a rod Z3, engaging the said lever.

The feed-roll D is rotated from the shaft ZJ of the doffer, it having a bevel-gear 0, Which engages a bevel-gear o or a side shaft o4, in turn provided at its opposite end with a bevel just above the usual tube` said pinion and gear r, which engages a larger bevelwvheel r2, fast on the end of the journal of said feed-roll.

The side shaft o4 rotates in bushings 03192, mounted in brackets 02 29, respectively, said bushings each having a suitable projecting handle, as shown by Fig. 4. The holes in these` bushings for the said side shaft are out of the center of the bushings .o3 p2 for a distance sufficient to enable the semirotation of the bushings from the full into the dotted line position, Fig. 4, to disengage the gearo from o and fr from 7", When the feed-roll D may be turned freely backward or forward by hand.

The bearing p has a stop p', against which the arm of the bushing p2 rests when the shaft oAL is in its working position.

The longitudinal movement of the bush ings p2 and c3 maybe restrained bya suitable screw, as p5, in the bearing entering the annular groove in the bushing.

Having fully described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l. The doffer, its gear; a -lever provided with a pulley having a connected pinion to engage said gear; an auxiliary lever pivoted to the lever carrying said pulley and pinion; anda handle -pivoted on said auxiliary lever and provided with a point 3 and a projection Zi; an apron on Which said point rests, and a pin or stop which is engaged by the projection of said handle when the latteris in a position to hold up the said auxiliarylever and effect the engagement ofthe said pinion and gear; combined with a rod coperating With said handle, the tube-gear of the coiler-can, a lever partially overlapping said tube-gear, and devices intermediate said lever and the rod cooperating with said handle to actuate said rod and turn said handle to permit the descent of the said auxiliary lever and to ef feet the disengagement of said pinion and gear When the can is full, substantially as described.

2. The doffer, its gear; a lever provided with a pulley having a connected pinion to engage said gear, an auxiliary lever pivoted to said lever carrying said pulley and pinion; a handle pivoted on said auxiliary lever and provided With a point and projection, and an apron provided with a stop: combined with the lapfeedin g roll, devicesintermediate said lap-feeding roll and said auxiliary lever to :move it laterally and cause the projection of said handle to meet the said stop and turn the said handle to permit said auxiliary lever to drop and effect the disengagement of said pinion and gear, substantially as described.

3. In a carding-machine, a doffer having an attached gear, alever provided with a pnlley having a pinion to engage said gear; an

auxiliary lever pivoted to said lever carrying said. pulley and pinion, means to temporarily hold said auxiliary lever elevated with the gear in engagement, va rod IIO lap-ifeedingg; roll, and means between it and the said rook-shaft e to turn the latter on the arrival under the lap-feeding roll of any hard substance or lumps which would damage J[he card-clothing of the machine, whereby, by the movement of said rod, the auxiliary lever may be released and lowered to eieet r o Ishe disengagement of the pinion and gear and the stopping of the. doer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to'this specieation in Iohe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

i JOHN T. MEATS.

- JOSEPH S. EATON.v Witnesses:

HORACE A. CRossMAN, THos. G. COX. 

